Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-08


much Is yet, and don't think it's worth
while disturbing myself essin to get
sight q il. You see, although lam much
Better, I can't move withou. ny crutches,
sud i VIII be smother three weeks b fore
FL be 2olc 10 put myi FOOT to the ground"
Then you are not sorry TO leave the
hospitGl?"
"WeII, not for some reasons; but can
tel you | WAS msgniticently treated while
was there, and no mistake. The best
OF everything to be GOT had, and the
committee even broke through their rule
and gave mn q private room week after
was brought there. l cart very well
tell how grateful feel for all their kind
ness and attention, and l am not likely
ever TO forget il. OF course, | was there
quite while, but WAS SO comfortable,
the time seemed to slip by wonderfully
quick. II will be very near three months
since I met with this accident; that's
long enough, anyhow"
''Was this your first accident, them"
"No, can't say exactly that it's my
first; for have had no end of tumbles
and other knocking shout; but it's the
first time have been laid out for any
length OF time, and can tell you | hope
It's going to be the LAST. You see from
my esrlieat childhood l have been accus.
toned to ride all sorts Of beasts, and
have gone through no end Of lassoCing
and general COW sense }"
"Where do you come FROM"
az come from Fredericksbureh, s town
IN the Gillespie country, and my family
lived for good time in Taos, il the
Lone S,ar state. My grandfather and 90
uncle fell lighting under Sam Houston, at
San Jacinto, and my own father WAS
killed in one OF the very first skirmishes
that took place 1T the outbreak of the
lsst American war. had to look out for
myself when | was only eight years cid,
sud l have done 1t under very different
kinds Of fortune. l have been with
Buffalo Bill now about ten wears, and 1
WAS with him and Major North foY several
seasons on their ranch on the Dismal
river"
~ suppose you derive your name Of
Buck from the fsct OF being e5le TO ride
oucking horses? Is that so?"
"That is SO, you've hit it,"
'rWhat are those buckiEg horses in
point of breed?"
"They aFe what are known as Texas
mustangs, and we know them as spoiled
horses All Of them do not buck as these
mustangs do. II is only those which are
spoiled IL breaking, In reXss there are
4 great number of men who
own from 500 to 5000 OF these
snimels, and they allow them TO run about
en- the prairie perfectly wild except when,
in the spring, they corral them and brand
the colts After this they turn them out,
and perhapa will not touch them again
until four years old. Then they gather
them up, snd somebody attempts to ride
them, II poor rider mzkes the attempt
be is pretty sure to be throWD, for
the colt is frightened by being
handled and by the heavy saddle and
the bit which is being put in its mouth,
ana besides this i does not understand
having man on Its back, ard is fright
eued by this ia itself. l. begins to lump
around, and If the rider is poor ne, Of
ne IS thrown Ii the animal succeeds ia
getting the man OFF its back three or four
times, il becomes confirmed in the habit,
end soon gets 20 be regular bucker.
This is what is called Spoiled horse,
and il is no use trying to do anything with
it. 1t does not matter bit how good d
rider gets hold OF him, he never succeeds
in making good horse Of him"
800 you mean to ssy that no, Other
horses buck but the Texas mustangsi"
"Oh, yes; the Mexican, California, Col
orad0 snd Oregon horses are all pretty
much the same. They are raised in the
same way, and they turn out ust about
the same spoiled horses. All my expert
ence has been with western horses |
have had nothing to do with eastern
horses. At the time l wsS twelve OF
thirteen years old ] had ridden lot OF
spoiled horses, but | had never
been on bucker. l was always anxious
10 ride one, but the people l was with
would not let me. ] was then living
with my sister and brotber-in-!aw, and
one day when they were going away |
waited till l thought they were gone,
an6 then got wild colt. | WAS not
quite big enough to put the
saddle on, and SO got on bare
back had scarcely more than touched
when ! went over the animals head, and
guess | lay there more than twenty
minutes before | could get up. Then,
when l looked around, saw my sister
and her husband in fence corner laugh
iug st me. This made me mad, and | got
on agGin and went OF just the same. The
fourth time I stayed"
81 should like TO see you ride buck
ing horse without saddle"
ayes, dsresay you would; but it can't
be done in the show, as it takes SO much
trouble ard causes such delay, but can
dc it, and have done it many times, and
many tumble have had in consequence
Lock at this cut over my eye; l Will tell
you how l GOT that. l had big gray
mare that was very diff cult to mount.
WAS watching my opportunity to get on,
IS we always have to do, and as | turned
20 her she turned on me and struck nv
forehead with the bride. My face was
covered with blood for awhile, out
l was determined l would get on, and
never give up anything of that kint
while there is breath left in me. | die
get on, and on another occasion, at Gin.
cinnati, rode horse thst was brought
to the show by man who said NOBODY
could ride it. While | was on | lassoed {
buffalo, and another man ran into tint
lasso, throwing my horse. The buff .lC
ran and dragged the rope round my hand
| breaking one of the bones and dislocat-
! ing my wrist. | got up and went On, an(
! nobody knew had been hurt till the show
was over for the Gay, and then everybod.
| he'd 10 know, rs my hand was SO bGdl.
swollen thst l could not move it. Il